Senior Software Engineer

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

What it asks for · 8

• You have significant experience in one or more languages
• You value code simplicity and performance
• You can design architecture to solve problems at high scale
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience
• You want to work in a fast, high-growth startup environment that respects its engineers and customers
• You have demonstrated ability to use AI coding tools in day-to-day workflows and build, validate, and refine AI-generated output in products
• You can design AI Backend systems, with awareness of quality, cost, and latency tradeoffs
• 6+ years of experience

Also a plus

• You've worked at high scale with systems like Redis, Cassandra, Kafka
• You wrote your own data pipelines once or twice before
• You have a strong background in statistics
• You have significant experience with Go, C, or Python
• You’re excited about leveraging AI tools to enhance how you code, solve problems, and build – or eager to learn how
• You’re motivated to push the boundaries of how AI can improve software engineering best practices and contribute to building AI-enabled products

Degree language

• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a scientific field or equivalent experience

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• experience4×
• design3×
• scale3×
• service3×
• build2×
• code2×
• feature2×
• production2×
• products2×
• significant experience2×
• solve problems2×
• systems2×
• tools2×
• value2×
• want2×

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